Trotting-sulky



'P'. WINEMAN & G. W. B'OHANNON Trotting-Su'lky.

' Patented' April 27, 1880..

UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

PARKER WINEMAN AND GEORGE W. BOHANNON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TROTTlNG-SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 227,086, dated April27, 1880 Application filed November 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, PARKER WINEMAN andGEORGE W. BOHANNON, of Chicago, Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trotting-Sulkies, of which the following is aspecification.

The main object of our invention is to so construct a trotting-sulkythat the horse may be harnessed more closely to the driver than usualwithout risk of bringing his hind quarters or tail into contact with anypart of the sulky, further objects being to strengthen the frame of thesulky by means of the system of cross-bars and braces describedhereinafter. These objects we attain in the manner hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of a trottingsulky with our improvements; Fig.2, a plan view of the same; and Fig. 3, a plan view of part of Fig. 2,with the seat and seat-braces removed.

The frame of the sulky comprises the thills A A, the rear cross-bar, B,center cross-bar, D, and front cross-bar, E, the bars B and D beingstraight, but the bar E being curved in the manner shown in thedrawings. The frame is supported above the axle F by means of inclinedrods a a, extending from the axle to the thills, and the seat J issupported above the frame by means of inclined rods 1) at front andrear.

The thills A A are bent laterally at the points (I, immediately inadvance of the front cross bar, E, the offsets thus formed being boundedon the inside by the braces e, between which and the thills are arrangedthe foot-rests f.

The braces e are secured to the thills at the front ends, and extend tothe front cross-bar E, and thence to the thills at points in the rear ofsaid cross-bar, the rear ends of the braces being secured to the thillsby suitable bolts, and the portions of said braces which are locatedbeneath the cross-bar E being secured thereto by means of clips 13 onthe lower ends of the braces b.

From the center of the cross-bar D to the cross-bars, and braces abovedescribed we.

are enabled to impart to the frame of the sulky great strength andrigidity, so that it will resist the severe strains to which suchvehicles are necessarily subjected, the weight of the sulky, however,not being materially increased.

An important feature of our invention is the lateral bending of thethills A at the points d, the object of which is to provide for theproper arrangement of the braces e and foot-rests f without contractingthe space between the thills to such an extent that the stifles or hindparts of the horse are brought into contact with .the braces when thehorse is turning a curve or breaking from a trot into a run. This is aserious objection to ordinary sulkies, and necessitates the harnessingof the horse so far forward that the driver has not at all times theproper control of the horse. In our sulky, however, the horse may beharnessed as far back as desired, so that the driver can always have thehorse well in hand. The curving of the front brace, E, aids in attainingthis object, and, in order to prevent the contact of the dock or tail ofthe horse with the front edge of the seat J, said front edge isrecessed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

We claim as our invention- 1. A trotting-sulky the thills A of which arebent laterally at the point (1, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the laterally -bent thills A, the front cross-bar,E, and the braces 0, connected at each end to the thills, and alsoconnected at a point between said ends to the cross-bar by clasps i onthe seat-braces b, as set forth.

3. The combination of the frame of the sulky having laterally-bentthillsA with the seat J, In testimony whereof We have signed our havinga concave front edge, as set forth. names to this specification in thepresence of 10 4. The combination of the thills A, the two subscribingWitnesses. rear cross bar, B, center cross bar, D, and PARKER WINEMAN. 5braces m, connected at the front ends to said GEORGE W. BOHANN ON bar D,and having at the rear ends Wings n, Witnesses: secured to both the barB and the thills, as HENRY M. GARLIOK, set forth. GEO. A. SEARL.

